Looks great, plays great, seems impossible but it’s not, it’s fun and it looks like real magic.
There is really only one simple move and it’s really not a move. For all intents and purposes, the
spectator does most of the work just prior to the amazing climax of this effect.
The card
chosen by the spectator is really a free choice not a force - great start. There is no controlling
of the selected card - nice! There is nothing to make, glue, cut or add to the deck - this keeps
getting better. There is no sleight of hand, nothing complicated to do at all - Really? Yes. Pro or
novice - doesn’t matter, it’s easy. As I was watching the tutorial I just followed what Nathan did
with a deck of cards and it worked that quickly, I was already doing it. What you see in the trailer
is exactly what happens. Learning time - a couple of minutes. If you are a pro, Nathan does show an
alternate handling but this is not necessary.
What reason would you not buy this one, there
are none, this is a keeper and can be done in a moments notice. No set up required, totally
impromptu, use your deck or the spectator's as long as they don’t mind being left with a signed card
in their deck. But why not, what a great story they will tell about you the next time they play
cards and the signed card comes into play. This will also fool other Magicians if that’s what you
are into. Don’t hesitate, this is a ‘must have’.
You say: "What you see in the trailer is exactly what happens." This is NOT true!! There is significant editing of the video and what is claimed in the video also turns out to be false when watching the full performance: "Happens completely in the spectators hand" is NOT true. "half is face up and face down, it's not an illusion, and then you IMMEDIATELY hand the deck off and you don't touch the cards again." This is also a lie. You cannot hand it off immediately. You first have to take the cards out of the sight of the spectator and do some easy card manipulation.
I bought the trick and I wrote a review two weeks ago, which does not show in the list of reviews. Penguinmagic seems to censor many negative reviews, such as mine. That's why I write a comment instead.
Tom Malone I wrote a fair yet critical 3 star review weeks ago that as of today still doesn't show up here. The thing is, I get why they can't show an entire effect in a demo video. People can watch as many times as they want and figure something out and then perform someone else's effect without paying the creator. But the blatantly misleading statements that you point out are a huge problem for me and as one of the one star reviewers pointed out: "A more general problem is the promiscuous way that 5 stars is awarded to mediocre tricks. There is nowhere to go when you encounter a really outstanding trick." Seriously how do I trust any trick on this site with loads of 5-star ratings when an effect like this one shows how low the bar is set?
This is too good to be true …
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